Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Smoke pollution and health in the 19th century – VOX
- Why investors are so keen on Amazon – The Economist
- The spread of modern manufacturing to the poor periphery – VOX
- Fund Managers Reveal Their Currency Strategies – Bloomberg
- Abu Dhabi’s Plowing Ahead With These 10 Mega Projects During an Oil Slump – Bloomberg
Americas:
- Drugs are killing so many people in Ohio that cold-storage trailers are being used as morgues – Washington Post
- Trump’s budget would hit rural towns especially hard — but they’re willing to trust him – Washington Post
- Economists: “Totality of Evidence” Underscores Concentration Problem in the U.S. – – Pro-Market
- Trump remains the center of attention, but he’s increasingly isolated politically – Washington Post
- This Economy is Ruined for Many Americans – Wolf Street
- This is the next Democratic stronghold to crack like the Rust Belt – NY Post
Europe:
- Brexit Could Disrupt Millions of Expats’ Lives – Bloomberg
- Help wanted: UK seeks consultancies to work on Brexit – FT
- The Chechen Government Is Reportedly Kidnapping And Murdering Gay Men – Buzz Feed
- Moscow police detains up to 30 anti-corruption protesters – Reuters
- The consequences of Brexit – RTE
- These Europeans Are Already Leaving The UK Because Of Brexit – Buzz Feed
- Putin’s Serb Ally Claims Landslide Victory in Presidential Vote – Bloomberg
- Spain won’t block Scottish EU membership – Politico
Asia:
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- Pullback in Asian Stocks Looms, Fund Managers Say – Bloomberg
- China Has Its Worst-Ever Start to a Year For Defaults – Bloomberg
- U.S. expected to use ‘Taiwan card’ to put pressure on China – Japan News
- Bitcoin Blockchain to Help Collect Customers & Activate Consumption in Japan – Coin Telegraph
- Trump: ’Totally’ possible for U.S. to address North Korea threat alone – FT – Reuters
Trans-Tasman:
- Centrelink debt collectors threatened to seize wages, inquiry told – The Guardian
- One Nation former candidates, party insiders reveal Pauline Hanson’s ‘brutal dictatorship’ – ABC
- Flogging the dead horse of neoliberalism isn’t going to improve the economy – The Guardian
- Why our regulators are losing sleep over housing – ABC
- Politicians addicted to the appearance of economic success – The SMH
- ‘Total failure’: Calls for tougher controls as coal-related pollutants jump – The SMH
- Brisbane public transport: Cheaper fares for job seekers and asylum seekers – Brisbane Times
- Liberal party must be sensible centrists not ‘reactionary’, Malcolm Turnbull says – The Guardian
- Union campaign against company tax cuts to put pressure on Labor – The Age
- Home Loan crackdown: ASIC joins APRA, Targeting Interest-Only lending. – The SMH
- Australia sticks with blunt instruments to battle housing bubble – Reuters
- Analysis: Beijing sends blunt warning to Chinese Australians – ABC
- Should Australians be able to opt out of Medicare? This professor thinks so – ABC
- NSW crime rates at their lowest in 40 years; burglary and car theft drop to record lows – ABC
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